JEFFERSON COUNTY PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES et al. (1983)

JEFFERSON COUNTY PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1982
	Decided: February 23, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

JEFFERSON COUNTY PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1983. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1982.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Druggist, pharmacist, pharmacy
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Drug manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 460 U.S. 150
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.